#AFA937#AFA937

#AFA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.133 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA937
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -11.57, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 58.01, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0372 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.133 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5580, 37.7669, 9.1884)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA937 #373DAF

analogous

#AF6D37 #AFA937 #79AF37

triadic

#AFA937 #37AFA9 #A937AF

tetradic

#AFA937 #37AF6D #373DAF #AF3779

square

#AFA937 #37AF6D #373DAF #AF3779

split-complementary

#AFA937 #3779AF #6D37AF

monochromatic

#524F1A #807C28 #AFA937 #CBC559 #D9D587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AFA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#AFA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA937

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA937	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.133 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac275',
    500: '#afa937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa937;
$custom-light: #cac275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71885,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA937

secondary

#7F82C3

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA937

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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